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Cfc* JU0toM &auxitx. fUHLISHED KVKRV WKDNtSBAY MORNING. - BY - JAYNE8, 8HELOR, SMITH A 8TECH H. T. .TAYNK8, I . ,,.IH- 11). A. SMITH J. W. HHKLOR, I K,,,,. 1 1 U,W- i J A. HTKOK ?UBtf RlPTION. ?LOO PCR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. * Communication? of a personal character oharged for SH advertisements. E?T"~ Obituary uoticos and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed froe of charge. All ovor that unm-rer muat be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany .Manuscript. WALHALLA? 8. C. l WEDNBND1V. JULY 19, I903. ROMANCE OF A MURDER. The Killing of Treasurer Copes, of Orange burg- Murderer Leaves Penitentiary. Columbia, July 12.-The murder of Treasurer Copes, of Orangeburg, in the year 1896, has passed from the memory of tho public, although it created an immense sensation in the State at the time. It is recalled at this time by tho report, which is more or less well authenticated, that Murphy, white, who was convicted of the crime, is now in the Philip pines, a private in the army, though what regiment or company he is a member of is not known. A former penitentiary guard told a reporter that a relative of Murphy told him that, now that the whole thing was over, he would say that Murphy was in tho Philippines, though his oxaot whereabouts in the islands he did not know. Superin tendent Griftin said he had never heard the report until informed of it by a newspaper representative, but said he would make some inquiries, though it is hardly probable that any thing will come of thom, as Mur phy most likely is living under an as sumed name, and possibly has so changed in porsonal appearance that it would bo difficult to idetify him. Treasurer Copes was killed about 1896, having been on a tax collecting tour through the country. He was ?hot with a shotgun at a lonely place on the public road some miles from Orangeburg, and for sometime there was no clue whatever to the criminal. Finally, Murphy, a somewhat worth less white man, was arrested and ac cused of the crime. A great deal of the evidence against bim was circum stantial, but he was convicted. His case went to the Supreme Cour', .was sent back, as tho circumstances :*re recalled, and he was convicted a second time. Murphy was sentenced tc be banged, His aged father, how ever, succeeded in enlisting the ser vices of M. P. Carrall, a prominent lawyer in Augusta, who obtained a great deal of circumstantial evidence going to prove an alibi. Much of this evidence was considered worth less by those who knew the source of it, but personal appeals, added to the alleged evidence, induced Gover nor Kllerbe to c?un in ute the sentence to life imprisonment. Murphy was taken to the peniten tiary for safe-keeping previous to rina! action. The Governor visited bim in his cell once or twice. Mews paper men were frequent callers, and penitentiary authorities were con stantly on the alert and made fre inent endeavors to yet Murphy to :a!k about tho crime. Further than deny bis guilt ho would say nothing, ind cither tried to appear imbecile, . ir were actually somewhat 80, though it. was evident that he was a man of such mental capacity as to bo accountable for any crime he may i lave co m in i tte d. After tho commutation he was mt to work about tho penitentiary .nul ins life was different from that . A ?thor convicts in thc \ ard. 1 le .was placed in a coll in the old build ug with a white convict named Cul ool, sent down from (bonce for ' ; . iiw.'.y robbory. Their cell was on ? i C.MIKI door, facing a long por CiCO running around the building. IJy HODIO means they managed to secret fiice and other tools about their por R mr-, or in their cells, and after what .must have been long and tedious and Constantly interrupted work they ?were enabled to open the coll door. One dark night about four or five /ears ago, watching when the guard wa? elsewhere, they opened tho cell door, crawled, likely, to the end of iiho portico, sliding down one of the .supporting columns to tho groand. The penitentiary yard is brilliantly 3ightcd by electricity and a very high, smooth briek wall surrounds the building. Notwithstanding this, the two men succeeded escaping the eye of tho guards and scaling the walls and getting away. Before leav ing one of them, at least, showed that he possessed tho sense of humor to some degree. With charcoal written on the walls were sentences like tho following : "Sorry to leave you," "God be with you till wo meet again ;" "Good-bye, we are bound for South America." There were some others on a similar order mingled with obscenity. Every effort was made to recap ture the men, but they successfully eluded detection, and never were heard of until a fow weeks ago, when the report that Murphy was in the Philippines reached here. Peniten tiary authorities had forgotten the circumstance along with everybody else. No information has ever been re ceived as to Cullom. He may be in the Pftiifio Islands, too, but as his crime v. m not so serious as that of his ou partner, perhaps he did not think it necessary to get so far away from home. Crimes Committed for Diamonds. Of course no one objects to women having a reasonable amount of jew elry, what they can wear without os tentation or any great concern for its safety ; such modest possessions are sanctioned by universal custom, and from all timo jeweled riugs ? nd trinkets have been symbols of love and should remain so. Besides there is a beauty in precious stones just as there is in other stones not called precious stones-witness the opal, tho most beautiful of them ail. But when women value jewelry neither for its beauty nor its associations, but merely for itu costliness, when they wear as much of it as they can sim ply to show that they have been able to buy that much or make men buy it for them, when their pleasure in having it lies chiefly in the knowl edge that others envy them, then I j say the love of jewels is an evil thing, based on arrogance and self ishness. And I cannot see what justification any woman who knows of the misery about her can find for spending half a million dollars or anything like it on jewelry ! It should be noted, furthermore, that tile chief barm of this passion for jewels is not in the waste of mil lions involved, although that is bad enough, but in the stirring of envy, in the promoting of extravagance, in tho urging of dishonesty. If we could know what crimes have boen committed for the sake of diamonds we should see that there is some devil's hypnotism in the glittering stones and would have them all cast into the sea for general safety. Cer tain it is that no house where pre cious stones abound is free from evil desires. Servants are tempted, guests are tempted, strangers are tempted, even intimate fr.ends are tempted. Who has forgotten tho story of those stolen Newport jewels ? And so the unfortunate owners of these wonderful necklaces, tiaras, plastrons, rivieres, etc., must hire men to guard them when they wear these coveted treasures or else leave them unseen and unused behind Stupid iron doors. There are palaces Oil Fifth avenue with safes for silver and jewels as massive as those it) a bank. And there are millionaire (tomes whero no one is ever free ?rom the haid eye; of a lurking de tective. I know one such home where three detectives are on duty night and ?lay, each One to watch the 5th er two. That is one of tho minor l>< ?i.t'ties of riches.-Exchange, Medical Ignorance. The late day Cooke was talking one day about Gen. Grant. "lien. Grant," he said, smiling, "once described to mc an illiterate surgeon in the employ of a certain northern regiment. "A promising young officer bad been wounded, and this surgeon had dressed his wounds. Gen. Grant sent for the surgeon later to ascer tain the young officer's chancos. "'Ile is wounded}' said tho sur geon to the commander-in-chief, 'in titree places.' " 'Are these wounds fatal ?' Gen. Grant asked. Thc surgeon nodded a gravo as sent. " 'Two of the wounds arc fatal," said ho. "The third is not. If we can leave him to rest quiotly for a while, I think he will pull through." BROTHER BOUGHT POISON. Was Found in Room When Hit Brother Keith I Dargan Killed Himself. Charleston, July Itt.-The inquest held at Darlington to-day over tho body of K. Keith Dargan, former president of the Independent Cotton Oil Company and the Darlington Trust Company resulted in the ver dict, "Death by his own hand." Several witnesses were called, and strange to say the last one summoned was Pegram Dargan, brother of tho dead man, who was known to havo buen in the office when the suicide was committed, aud all that this wit ness said was that the paper left by K. Keith Dargan told the story and that he had nothing further to say. The paper, which was a scrap, writ ten with a lead pencil, said : "I take this-with ray own free will. Asked my brother to get it make mistakes but no cowerd. "Robert Keith Dargan." A drug clerk testified that he sold four ounces of carbolic acid on the afternoon of the tragedy and Dr. Ed wards said that he had been hastily summoned to Keith Dargan's office and found Ii. K. Dargan dend from a dose of carbolio acid. Pegram Dar gan called Dr. Edwa. ds by telephone and was in tho office with his brother when the doctor arrived. He told Dr. Edwards that he was present when Keith Dargan took the acid. He said he bought it and handed it to him with a bottle of whiskey, which it w<is thought would oause less pain. When asked by the doctor if he could not have prevented Keith Dargan from taking hin life, he handed the doctor a paper and said that it was the dying statement of his brother and that he would answer no questions. R. Keith Dargan's handwriting and signature were iden tified. The vordiet of the jury was as fol lows : <f "That tho said Kobert Keith Dar gan came to his death from tho effects of carbolic acid administered by his own hand as per written statement of deceased herewith attached." As Pegram Dargan was not made an accessory by tho verdict, the cor oner will take no action against him. The solicitor may do so. Put the opinion in Darlington is that he will never be called to account. Dargan Ends his Own Life. Robert Keith Dargan, formerly president of the Independent Cotton Oil Company, and the Darlington Trust Company, of Darlington, com mitted suicide on Tuesday of last week by taking four ounces of car bolic acid. Ile left a note saying that it was his own act and a letter addressed to his wife. Dargan was about 40 years old. The suicide of Dargan was the thrilling and sensational climax of a most sensational case. Some years ago Dargan organized the Independ ent Oil Company, capitalized at one million dollars, and two months ago he helped Lo organize and became president of thc Darlington Trust Company, after he had been forced out of the oil concern by friction. The bank loaned money to the oil people and the loans were pressed several days ago. Payment being impossible both concerns went into the hands of receivers. It was esti mated that the oil company owed half a million dollars. Dargan was the active spirit in the oil business hereabout, and when tho smaller plants were consolidated some years ago he was the manager. It was claimed for him that he was an expert in the business, but the af fairs have not been progressing well of late, the intimation being that the wreck of the companies was due to speculation in oil. Thc investigation of the books, which had just begun, led to much talk, it being said that the most sen sational disclosures would bo forth coming. Since the matter lirst went to Court Dargan has been terribly depressed, and not much surprise was expressed over the news of his tragic death. The Secretary of State last week issued a commission to the Andorson Farmers' Union Warehouse Com pany, which will havo a capital of 120,000. Tho corporators are J. B. Douthit and B. Harris. The South Carolina Hoard of Modioal Examiners held its annual meeting June 13, 14 and 16, Thoro wore isl applicants for liconse to practico medicino; ol theso 44 passed and 22 tailed, tho por contago of failuros being unusually high. The result has just boon announced. I AM DETERMH LIVERY E JOB PRINTING Send yoi tionory ni ter to Tl The Bewt is Alwi THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. By a clubbing arrangement with the charleston Semi-Weekly Nows and Cou rier wo are ottering that papor aud The Keowoe Courier for $1.50 por year. The Keowoo Courier is recognized not only as tho best paper in Oconeo county, but it is rated among the best county papers in South Carolina. Tho Semi-Weekly News and Courier is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesdays and Satur days, gives the detailed news of South Carolina as a special feature, and carries the full Associated Press dispptchoa from all over tho world. The combina tion of the two papers at $1.50 gives our present readers, as woll as new sub scribers, an opportunity to secure two of the best papers in the Stato (three papers a weok) for 50 cents moro than tho regu lar pi ice of either, la t us send you two of the very best papers in South Carolina for almost the prico of one. A number of Aiken county farm ers lost heavily by the failure of the Planters' Cotton Faotorage Co., of Augusta, Ga., last week. The total loss in Aikon county amounts to over $5,000. One man lost his entire crop of 12 bales, while others lost as many as 23 and 24 hales, though not their entire crop. RYDALE'S TONIC A Hew Scientific Discovery f?r th? BLOOD and NERVE?. It purifies the blood by eliminating tho waste matter and other impurities and by destroying the germs or microbes that infest the blood. It builds up thc blood by reconstructing and multiplying the red corpuscles, making the blood rich and red. It restores and stimulates the nerves, causing a full free How of nerve force throughout the entire nerve system. It speedily cures unstrung nerves, nervous ness, nervous prostration, and all other diseases of the nervous system. RYDALE'S TONIC is sold under a posi tive guarantee. Trial alie SO cents. Tamily size tl.OO * MANUFACTURED BY The Radical Remedy Company, HICKORY, N. C. Koa SALK BY WALHALLA DRUG COMPANY. CARTER'S PHARMACY, Westminster. BRIDG-ES TO LET. rill IK Boan! of County Commissioners 1 will lot, to the lowest responsible bidders, at tho respectivo bridge sites, on tho days montionod, tho contract to re build tho following bridges: Thursday, duly 20, IW05, at lu a. m., tho Hudson bridge, over Changa. Saturday, .July 22, 1005, at 11 a. m., tho High Falls bridge, over Kittle Rivor. Specifications for each bridgo mado known on day of letting. Board reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. L. H. V. HOBSON, Supervisor. .July 6, 1005. 27-28 South Carolina Military Academy, Ofllco of Chairman Hoard of Visitors, Charleston, S. C., .July 0, 1005. ONK vacancy in a State Beneficiary Scholarship, to be Ulled by competi tive examination,exists in Oconoe county. Application Blanks may ho obtained rt once from Cm.. C. S GADSDKN, Chair man, Charleston, S. C., or from tho Ominty Superintendent of Eduoation. rh ese applications, fully filled out in ivory particular, must he in tho hands of tho Chairman on .Inly 81, in order to re .cive consideration. (Signed) C. S. GADSDKN. Chairman Board of Visitors, duly 12, 1005. 28-80 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED ITORS.- All persons indebted to the .state of .hdin B. King, deceased, aro hereby notified to make payment lo tho undersigned, and all persons having tl al ms against said estate will present Hie .same, duly attested, within the. timo prosoribed by law, <>r bo baned. PEARL KINO, Qualified Administratrix of tho l?state of .lohn B. King, deceased. P. O. : Anderson, S. C. July 12, 1005, 2H-31 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI TORS.-All persons indebted to tho iiHtato of J, W. Cary, deceased, aro hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having ?launs against said estate will prosont tho samo, duly ai tested, within tho time prescribed by law, or bo barred. .J. T. CARY, J. B. CARY, Qualified F.xecutors of tho Kstato of J. W. Cary, docoasod. .July 12, ino:?. . 28 :;i To Cu Toke Laxative Broi Seven Minion boxea sold In post 13 t KED TO DO THE BUSINESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite sorvice at reasona ble prices. Toains sent out at auy hour, day or night. PPone 10 or ll for quick foams. C. K. HOI ( HINS, Waliiulla, S. 0. ir ordors for Sta- fiirTTl Tittil(H id Advertising Mat- I ll H KH \\ ie Courier and get X liU JUJJU 1 ays i lu* xJheapost. W. C. HUGHS, OiviL ENGINEER. Engineering Work, Kai m .Surveying, Terracing and Drainage. ADDRESS: RICHLAND, 8. C. 20 ?9 Le^al Advertisements NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. - Notice is hereby giyon that the undersigned will mako application to D. A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oooneo county, in the State of South Carolina, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of July, 1005, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as Baid appli cation oan be heard, for leavo to make final settlement of the estate of John T. Riohoy, doceased, and obtain Anal discharge as Administratrix of tho said estate. DORA J. D. RICHEY, Administratrix. Juno 21, 1005. 26-20 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI TORS.-All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. Mahala A. Brown, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the tlndersigned. and all persons having claims against said estate will present tho same, duly attested, on or before tho 17th day of August, 1005, or be barred. W. O. WHITE, Mastor. July 5. 1005. 27-32 NOTICE is hereby givon that the Books of Subscription to tho capi tal stock of "THE OCONEE COUNTY BAILWAY COMPANY" will bo opened at tho following places on the following days, to wit: At the storo of J. W. Shir ley, at Townvillo, S. C., on tho 0th, 7th and 8th days of August, 1005; at tho storo of E. C. Marett, at Fair Play, S. C., on tho 12th, 14th and 15th days of Au gust, 1005; at tho storo of W. L. Thomas, at Tugaloo, S. C., on the 17th, 18th and lOt.h days of August, 1005; at tho storo of James Bates, at < ?ak way, S. C., on the 21st, 22d and 23d days of August, 1905, and at tho Bank of Tho Peden A Ander son Banking Company, at Westminster, S. C., ou tho 24th, 25th and 20th days of August, 1006. J. W. SHELOR, Chairman Board of Corporators. July ?, 1005. 27-31 THE HEGE LOO BEAM SAW MILL WITH HEACOGK-KING FEED WORKS ENGINES AND BOILERS, WOODWORKING MACHINERY, COTTON GINNING, BR'OK MAKINQ AN? 8 U I N G I. ? AND LATH MACHINERY. CORN MILLS, Ero., Bro. 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Call? loft at residence or J. Et. Darby's Dru? Store will receive prompt attention, DAY OK NIGtlT. Phone? : Resldouce 03, Drug Store 13. 12-3-04 _ WM. J. STRIULINO. F i E. L. H KKK DON. MI?LINGT Attorney s-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVKN TO ALL BUSI NESS ENTRUSTED TO|TUKM. January 6, 1898. J. P. Carey. Pickel?, S. C. J. W. Shelc Walhalla, S. < 1 CAREY & SHELOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will praotico in tho State and United States Court*.. Business entrusted to our care will re oeivo prompt and careful attention. li. T7JAYNES7 Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone do? 20. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Business entrusted to my oare receive? prompt attention. 1-05 -Dentist Office two doors abore the Bank, ia Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. 1 Dr. G. G. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Dffloe Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s : : : Store, : : : HOURS : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 6 p. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. DvFIOK OVKU NIM MONS' STOKK, DOYLE BUILDING. Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 1 i\ M. " " 2 P. Ma to fl P. M. April 20, 190L_ 16-tf Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Office Goer J. W. Byrd ?fc Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERY DA Y. PHONE NO. 51. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. HETWKKN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Timo Talilo No. 0.-In KtTect May 28, 1905. EASTBOUND- I? 10 I ti I 8 18 Walhalla. Went Union. Soncoa . Seneca. Mnrtlania Junction .Adams. .Cherry. Pendleton. 1 . Autun. .Denver . ' ?West Anderson 1 Anderson --PassDcp ? Anderson-PassDep ' ?Anderson-KrtDop Helton. A M 8 3ft 8 40 8 ft8 P.M. lt 00 9 tr 9 17 9 2ft 9 8*2 9 39 9 55 P. M 10 00 IO 03 IO '2ft 2 00 2 03 2 lt; 2 19 2 2ti 2 33 2 40 2 53 3 00 3 10 3 12 3 3ft 3 10 3 12 3 36 PM 3 00 3 05 3 35 4 12 4 10 4 31 4 35 4 45 5 OA 5 12 5 27 5 33 6 43 5 45 6 10 AM 8 18 8 20 8 45 IVKHTIIOUNO Helton. .Anderson-Kr't Do Anderson-Pass De Anderson-Pass Do .West Anderson.... .Denver. .Autun. Pendleton. .Cherry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction. 1 Seneca. 1 Seneca. West. Union. Walhalla. PM 3 56 4 20 4 22 4 27 I io I tv I .'>.-' A M 10 50 11 10 lt 12 A M. 10 50 11 10 ll 12 ll 1G ll 86 ll 31 ll 37 I Will 41 6 03111 47 11 IVO 12 02 6 21 6 39 6 44 ll 16 ll 2? ll 31 ll 37 ll 44 ll 47 11 50 12 02 1 05 1 20 1 2? 8 30 8 36 S 61 9 00 0 25 9 35 9 39 9 67 10 00 1 05 1 35 1 40 PM 6 36 6 56 6 67 . Plag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take naml let orT passengers: Pliinney's, James's and landy Sprints anti Toxaway. Nos. Il anti 12, first class passenger, daily; Non. anti 10, daily except Sunday; Nos. 5 anti 6, ?linday only; Nos. 4 and 7, second class, mixed, tally except Sunday; Nos. 3 .uni 8, second etas?, nixed, itally. H. C. HKATTIK. President. J. lt. ANDERSON. Sn nen nt emlen! THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Unexcelled Minni!' Car Service ^brough Pullman Sleeping Curs on all Through Trains, 'onvnniont Schedules on all I .oral Trains. For full information a? te rates, routes, tte., consult noarost Southon, Railway Tickot Agont, or R. W. 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